The regional colleges before AUC

The teacher training, nursing, engineering and music teacher programmes are all vocational education programmes that in their establishment and according to their original objectives were directed toward a clearly defined profession. The schools were not considered ”postgymnasiale,” meaning that an upper secondary school diploma was not required for admission. They were not full-fledged university colleges. It was not until the establishment of Agder Regional College in 1969 that Agder could provide education at the college level. However, all of these institutions are a part of the story of higher education in the region.

Kristiansand Teacher Traning College:

Holt kirke, prestegården og allmuestuen, 1840, malt av Knud Geelmuyden Bull. (Fra agderkultur.no, tekst Randi Stensby, avfotografering: Torvald Slettebø)

The teacher training programme in Agder was established as a teaching seminary for Kristiansand in Holt in 1839. The pastor of Holt was the head of the seminary. The seminary moved to Kristiansand in 19\877, and was called Kristiansand Teacher Academy from 1902. That same year, the top position was renamed Rector. From 1981, the school introduced the system of an elected rector as academic leader, elected by the college’s staff for up to two periods of three years, and with an office manager (later director) as administrative head of the organization.

Director:

1981-1994: Torbjørn Dovland

Lærerseminaret for Christianssands Stift ble i 1877 flyttet fra Holt til Kristiansand. Skolen fikk lokaler i det tidligere Tukthuset, på hjørnet av Tollbodgaten og Elvegaten, der Kvadraturen skolesenter ligger i dag. Foto fra Ø.Bjorvand: Sølvkisten stander i Hanekam. Tvedestrand 2004.

Rector:

1839-1861: Andreas Faye (pastor, manager, teacher)

1861-1871: Herman Thrane (pastor, manager, teacher)

1871-1882: Harald August Arnesen (manager)

1882-1908: Fredrik Marstrander (manager, rector)

1908-1914: Vetle Vislie

1914-1933: Baste Midtgaard

1933-1938: Olaf Jansen

1938-1948: Håkon Wergeland

1948-1976: Wilhelm Aarek

1977-1981: Jan Fjelde

1982-1987: Svein Egil Eidet

1987-1992: Trygve Breiteig

1992-1994: Bjørn Monstad

Arendal College of Nursing:

Nursing education at Aust Agder and Arendal hospital was established in 1920. The hospital’s chief nurse was also the head of the school until 1947. At this time, the position of head of school was established, with the title head instructional nurse ( 1. instruksjonssøster). As a result of the new nursning law of 1960, a school manager and a separate board was introduced in 1963. The school’s activities became more clearly separated from the operation of the hospital. The school received the name Arendal College of Nursing. In 1970, the term rector was used for the head of school. Arendal College of Nursing became a public regional college in 1986.

Rectors:

1920-1927: Dorthea Engelstad (chief nurse)

1927-1929: Selma Erntzen (chief nurse)

1929-1936: Hanna Kolnes (chief nurse)

1936-1941: Anna Grevstad (chief nurse)

1941-1948: Edith Lockert (chief nurse)

1948-1957: Louise Langerud (chief nurse)

1957-1961: Gunnborg Fosse (head instructional nurse)

1961-1962: Marit Flateland (head instructional nurse)

1962-1963: Ragnhild Skadberg (head of instruction)

1963-1970: Lars Haugen (manager)

1970-1988: Torbjørn Kristensen

1988-1994: Aud Findal Johnsen

Agder Music Conservatory:

Agder Music Conservatory was established as a music education programme at Kristiansand Music School in 1965. The music school’s rector was also the head of the conservatory. The conservatory received its own rector position in 1975. The appointed rector was the academic and administrative head of the conservatory. The conservatory became a public regional college in 1988.

Rectors:

1965-1975: Jørg Johnsen

1975-1976: Ove Kr Sundberg

1976-1977: Hans Magne Græsvold

1977-1979: Reidar Sødal

1980-1982: Jan Hartvig Henriksen

1983-1984: Johan Varen Ugland

1984-1987: Pål Bue

1987-1994: Poul Erik Hansen

Agder Regional College of Technology:

Agder distriktshøgskole hadde fram til flyttingen til Tordenskjolds gt bl.a. lokaler i Norske Folk-gården ved Wergelandsparken. Foto: Agder distriktshøgskole.

In April 1963 the Parliament voted to build Southern Norway’s college of techonology in Grimstad. In 1967, 49 students in two machine engineering classes started studying at what was called SøTS. The school was owned jointly by the two Agder counties. In 1977, the national government overtook ownership and the college changed its name to Agder Regional College of Technology. At the same time, the college was merged into the regional college system, lead by a regional college board. Agder Maritime College in Arendal, which in addition to maritime studies also offered business courses, merged with Agder Regional College of Technology in 1990, as did the National Gardening Academy Dømmesmoen in 1991.

The rector of SøTS was initially also the rector of Southern Norway’s Technical School (STF). When the national government took over the schools in 1977, the position of fulltime rector was phased out, and a separate administrative head of the college was esptablished (office manager, and eventually director).

Directors:

1977-1978: Harald Berthelsen

1978-1994: Carl Erik Engh

Rectors:

1967-1977: Einar Grude

1977-1982: Gunnar Aultun

1982-1989: Knut Brautaset

1989-1992: Karen Junker Ohldieck

1992-1994: Ola Torkild Aas

Agder Regional College:

When Agder Regional College was established in 1969, a purely administrative leadership of the college was envisioned, with a director as head. With the introduction of the regional college board in 1976, the position of rector as academic head was established. The rector was chosen by the university college’s faculty and staff for up to two periods of two years. The office manager, and later the director, were the administrative heads of the college.

Directors:

1969-1971: Halvard Vegard Hauge

1971-1976: Lars Aase

1976-1994: Arne Holme

I 1991 flyttet Agder distriktshøgskole inn i de tidligere sykehusbygningene i Tordenskjoldsgate i Kristiansand. Foto: Agder distriktshøgskole.

Rectors:

1976-1979: Paul Flaa

1980-1983: Harald Knudsen

1984-1987: Finn Holmer Hoven

1988-1991: Sylfest Lomheim

1992-1994: Paul Flaa

Kristiansand College of Nursing:

Kristiansand municipal hospital had nursing education from 1917 until 1934, when it was abolished by a resolution of the board. Vest Agder county appointed a committee in 1971 to make concrete plans to etablish a new education which would start in 1976 with the name Vest Agder Academy of Nursing. The Academy received an appointed rector as head. Kristiansand College of Nursning became a public college in 1986.

Rectors:

1976-1979: Lars Haugen

1979-1994: Kin Nicolaysen Holbek

Agder University College was established in 1994 when six regional colleges merged as a result of the national university college reform. The oldest regional college involved in the merger was Kristiansand Teacher Training College, from 1839. The university college which was closest to being considered a full university was Agder Regional College of Technology, established in 1969. The merger established an institution with 5,700 students and 540 academic and administrative staff. The university college was organized into eight departments, with teacher education (pre-school, general, and practical-pedagogical) organized interdepartmentally.

University College directors:

1994-1998: Oddvar Haugland

1998-2007: Tor A Aagedal

Rectors:

1994-2000: Knut Brautaset

2000-2007: Ernst Håkon Jahr

Published by Helge S Møll <helge.s.mollSPAMFILTER@hia.no> 14/03/2011